1c Red, Perf 12, cancelled by grid with "St. Louis City Delivery, 506 Olive St. Jan. 16, 1883" sawtooth double-circle datestamp on mostly complete mailing card with price list printed on reverse, to local street address.

This post operated illegally for a brief period of time.

Examples of the stamp properly used are very rare. There are only 5; and one is in the British Museum's Tapling Collection.